![]() I just threw up a piece of paper on the wall and just started talking to whoever would want to talk. The whole idea of broadcasting live onto a big platform like Facebook was kind of new. I can’t remember who I’d seen do something similar, but somebody was using Facebook Live to basically. Tim Heidecker: I started it over a year ago, last June cause my record In Glendale was coming out and I did no real budget or any kind of plan for marketing or promoting it. Talking to the audience about what they do and what their life is like and sometimes it’s interesting to see how that overlaps with my career and like, “How are you familiar with this stuff? What does it do for you?” That’s interesting, but if somebody wants just a catchphrase, you know, that’s not something I’m interesting and I don’t think people would be interested in hearing that either.ĪD: How long ago did you start the podcast? One of the things I love about the show is finding out about other people. It doesn’t often make sense out of context. Tim Heidecker: I think a couple of things there…if they want me to do something in character, it’s not something that I just can just easily call up. ![]() ĪD: Sometimes in a slightly more comedic way you’ll explain that’s not who you are. ![]() Tim Heidecker: …Not always in a kind way. The only version of me they know.ĪD: What does that feel like? What does it feel like when people speak to you as this guy who’s you or a little bit like you? I’ve noticed that you will, in a kind way, explain to people… It may not make the real Heidecker completely clear, but it certainly digs into what makes his comedic illusions work.Īquarium Drunkard: I find it really fascinating listening to your podcast that so often people call up and they want to talk to you as a character, as Tim Heidecker, the guy that they are a fan of. To prep you for the upcoming live special, here’s our conversation, transcribed, edited and condensed for clarity. We spoke to Heidecker at the very end of November 2017 from his offices in Los Angeles, and broadcast our talk on the January 2018 episode of the Transmissions Podcast. This Sunday, March 4, Heidecker and Turkington host their annual Oscars special, streaming live on Adult Swim. On that record, he reveals perhaps the closest representation of his actual self to fans, but he’s not restricted to thematic territory musically: his most recent album, Too Dumb for Suicide, wraps up grim observations about President Donald Trump and the emergence of the alt-right in sunny, West Coast folk-pop. Unless you’re really paying attention to the layered intricacies, it can seem like the guy’s actual life is a chaotic saga, rather than the stable, domestic existence Heidecker documents on his 2016 LP, In Glendale. It’s both a labyrinthian blend of meta-commentary and a hyper-detailed fictional universe, one that’s found the alternate reality Heidecker struggling with family life, substance abuse, and most recently, going to trial for his involvement in the deaths of 20 festivalgoers at the Electric Sun Desert Music Festival. Even more disorienting is his long-running movie review show On Cinema, where he plays a character named Tim Heidecker alongside Gregg Turkington (best known for his own creation, Neil Hamburger). Since emerging in the early 2000s with Adult Swim‘s Tom Goes to the Mayor, Heidecker has consistently and deliberately blurred the lines between reality and fiction on shows like Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Decker, and Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories. There’s a pretty good chance that the person you think of when you think of Tim Heidecker isn’t the real Tim Heidecker. ![]()
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